The two Championship coaches’ teams played out a thrilling draw on Tuesday night but there was also a couple of flash points on the side-lines as the two dugouts clashed.

After the game Wolves head coach Santo played down the incident and said that he had known Johnson for a long time – a true fact as Johnson explained to the Bristol Post.

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo

“Yeah, it’s true and we did our A licence [coaching qualification] together in Scotland. Straight from early on you speak to Nuno, you see or actually hear how intelligent he is.

“He’s interesting in the way he likes to play the game and the session that he did on the A licence many moons ago - five or six years ago now - was exactly the same style that Wolves played in," explained Johnson.

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The City boss then went on to reveal how he had inside information on Tuesday night's opposition thanks to those coaching seminars up in Scotland.

"We had a bit of a joke about that because I was the one hitting the diags for him in the practical. But he's a good guy and obviously watching him at that time he hadn't been a manager, he was Rio Ave manager and then he moved on to Valencia and he's gone on to have a very good career," said Johnson.

Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson (Image: Robbie Stephenson/JMP)

"It's just funny in football how it's a small world and you end up meeting each other. And I thought it was a fantastic game on all levels: quality on show, energy, workrate, power, team spirit from both teams and I thought it was a real advert for the Championship," said Johnson of the epic clash in the West Midlands.

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Johnson went on to explain that his City side had been working on plan B's for the Wolves game and switched to 3-1-4-2 during the game to try and nullify Wolves breaking quickly through their wing-backs.